Outdoor Activities in the Killin and Loch Tay area
Walking - Cycling - Canoeing/Kayaking - Fishing - Golf
You can hire bikes, canoes and kayaks and buy walking and mountaineering equipment at the Killin Outdoor Centre and Mountain Shop
Places of interest around Killin and Loch Tay
Historic Buildings - Distilleries - Galleries and Shopping
For a comprehensive list of activities in Perthshire you can also visit Welcome to Scotland.
Walking
The summits of more than 35 hills over 3,000 feet lie within a 20-mile radius of Morenish, providing hill walkers with a wide range of walking challenges, summer and winter. A list of these "Munros", as they are known, is given below and photographs of many of them can be seen in our Mountain Photo Gallery. We have climbed more than 20 of these local Munros and are delighted to provide our guests with maps and advice on access and ascent routes.
Tarmachan Mountaineering, based in Morenish, organises mountain walking holidays and mountain skills courses in the area, summer and winter.
The nature trail of the Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve is less than four miles away. Other walks in the area can be found here.
Wintertime in Perthshire has its own attractions. If high-level walking seems too ambitious there are a number of lower level walks, such as forest walks. Low snow levels also provide some of the best opportunities to see stags in large numbers and at close quarters.
Cycling
The Killin area has many lovely cycling routes, including National Cycle Route 7, which runs on the route of the former railway line between Killin and Balquidder.
Canoeing & Kayaking
The lower part of the River Lochay and the head of Loch Tay provide a most beautiful wild environment for canoeing and kayaking.
Fishing
Loch Tay is noted for its salmon and trout fishing and more recently for its pike fishing. Guests at Morenish Mews are entitled to free trout fishing from the loch shore of the Morenish property. We also have a small boat for hire from which guests are entitled to fly-fish for trout. The west end of Loch Tay at Killin is becoming increasingly well known for pike fishing, with several pike over 30lbs being caught in the past few years. Salmon fishing permits can also be arranged on Loch Tay and on local rivers. Further details of fishing seasons can be found on our Events page.
Golf
The Killin Golf Club runs a delightful nine-hole course which is only 2 miles journey from Morenish. You can find details of any special offers at Killin Golf Club on our Events page.
Historic Buildings
The environs of Loch Tay have a history of human habitation dating back to Neolithic times. Visitors can discover more about life in Loch Tay's many Iron Age lake dwellings at the Scottish Crannog Centre. More recent dwellings open to visitors range from the grand, such as the 16th century Castle Menzies, to the humble 19th century Moirlanich Longhouse, by Killin.
Distillery tours
If after all this outdoor activity you feel that you need some inner warmth, Perthshire has a number of very interesting malt whisky distilleries that are open for visiting all year round. We can suggest Dewar's World of Whisky (Aberfeldy distillery); Scotland's oldest distillery at Glenturret (by Crieff), home of "The Famous Grouse" whisky; Edradour distillery by Pitlochry, the smallest distillery in Scotland; and Blair Athol distillery which, confusingly, is not in Blair Atholl but in Pitlochry.
Galleries & Shops
The Watermill in Aberfeldy is a noted art gallery and bookshop, with a focus on Scottish, travel and art books. You can browse in the delightful coffee shop.
Ardent shoppers can also visit the "Harrods of the Highlands" at the House of Bruar, north of Blair Atholl.
35 Munros within a 30km Radius
You can see pictures of many of these Munros in our Mountain Photo Gallery.
Twelve percent of Scotland's 284 Munros* lie within 30 kilometers of Morenish, though you may have to drive a bit further than that to reach some of them. (* Hills over 914 m / 3,000 ft. Named after Sir Hugh Munro, who first tabulated them in 1891.)
Munro Rank by Height Rannoch Area
59 Schiehallion: 1,083m
Glen Lyon
91 Carn Mairg: 1,042m
103 Carn Gorm: 1,028m
169 Meall nan Aighean (Creag Mhor): 981m
186 Meall Garbh (Glen Lyon): 968m
197 Stuchd an Lochain: 960m
248 Meall Buidhe: 932m
Loch Tay
10 Ben Lawers: 1,214m
34 An Stuc: 1,118m
35 Meall Garbh (Lawers): 1,118m
47 Bheinn Ghlas: 1,103
68 Meall Corranaich: 1,069m
89 Meall nan Tarmachan: 1,044m
136 Meall Greigh: 1,001m
261 Meall á Choire Leith: 926m
Glen Lochay
62 Beinn Heasarnich: 1,078m
84 Creag Mhor: 1,047m
93 Meall Ghaordaidh: 1,039m
Glen Dochart
16 Ben More: 1,174m
18 Stob Binnein: 1,165m
87 Cruach Ardrain: 1,046m
106 Ben Challum: 1,025m
199 Meall Glas: 959m
220 Beinn Tulaichean: 946m
270 Sgiath Chùil: 921m
Glen Falloch
147 An Caisteal: 995m
233 Beinn à Chroin: 940m
Bridge of Orchy
61 Beinn à Chreachain: 1,081m
64 Beinn Dorain: 1,076m
94 Beinn Achaladair: 1,039m
129 Beinn an Dòthaidh: 1,004m
211 Beinn Mhanach: 953m
Loch Earn and Strath Earn
165 Ben Vorlich: 985m
182 Stuc à Chroin: 975m
250 Ben Chonzie: 931m